Stilgherrian (@stilgherrian)

Wentworth Falls NSW AU

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April 25th, 2018

No, I mean it. Gorn.

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And now I’m done.

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@jonoabroad Thanks. But I’ve been drinking all day so everything is perfect.

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So this is my Anzac Day thread from earlier. I’m tweeting it from time to time. https://t.co/X72jeA3BRk

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RT @MsPraxis: Involuntary celibate you say? Well how about you go fuck yourself.

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RT @AaronToponce: Identify what is wrong with these pictures. https://t.co/KJ1XgrZI1g

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@KrazyKarl910 I’m glad you’ve understood the concept immediately.

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@KrazyKarl910 Thanks. It’s all about moving on, getting fresh air, and not being a complete alcoholic.

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@zackster Look I’m having enough trouble dealing wit@NSLpodcastst talking about the Supreme Court of the United States as a boy band.

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RT @thegrugq: In 1942 the British were going to set up a propaganda “spiritualism” radio station which would have a medium reading messages…

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@zackster I almost did. True story. But a long, long time ago.

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@purserj @girlgerms It’s not a popular view, but sometimes people’s views can be improved by strangling them with piano wire.

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So, the question becomes do I find somewhere here in Burwood? Or do I head back to Ashfield?

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The Rule, and I consider this to be a sensible rule, is that you don’t have two successive meals in the same pub.

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Dammit. I’m hungry. Which means I have to move, because of The Rule.

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abcnews Fixed wireless NBN congestion like surfing the web in Turkey circa 2012, new figures show ab.co/2K8Pv9P pic.twitter.com/xxNIlFTNWY

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RT @davpope: Don’t know how many times I’ve said the same thing https://t.co/FPCkeFOjWq

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@darkhorse166 Pretty much. I lived in Ashfield ages ago, and it’s always been a middle-class Chinese village, but t… https://t.co/cdIfZ6DKtl

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I don’t even know why white people are allowed in Ashfield.

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RT @manjusrii: Kilogirl ❤️

Jess Flanders, 97, “Decoder”, had a vital role decoding Japanese shipping messages from a St Kilda Road block o…

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If I had access to a time machine this is the one thing I would prevent. https://t.co/NPfpaVZve7

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@twitchiebitch I don’t disagree. Also, my “lunchtime” meeting today was excellent.

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RT @NewtonMark: It’s like there’s a contest to see how many racist tropes you can fit on a single @newscomauHQ headline blast. (“fleeing in…

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Is there any way to prevent Leunig cartoons?

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@michaelneale Heh. That’s not the airline’s fault.

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AequoEtBono At the going down of the sun pic.twitter.com/muajiF4cPl

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@christopherneal I should probably make it my standard routine.

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RT @conniechan: Face recognition commercialization:

1. Upload a selfie to wechat official account.
2. Run Shanghai half-marathon.
3. Withi…

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@PeteLawler It’s looking that way, given I had whiskey for breakfast.

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I might have one more beer and then figure out my plan for dinner.

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@mpesce “Life wasn’t meant to be easy.” Am I being too harsh?

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minecraft2pac someone bought the url for soulja boy’s old website and made it redirect to a website that sells sex toys to furries pic.twitter.com/ysmIK1TZ42

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@mpesce Indeed, though that’s a separate issue imo.

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It feels like a Sunday night, doesn’t it.

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@JustJimWillDo Ratios are complicated concepts. I had quite a few dumplings but then I also had quite a few drinks.

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Imagine being a business that was too stupid to take into consideration a public project that had been on-record fo… https://t.co/TIIsXU7rmP

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onlmaps Countries with universal/free healthcare pic.twitter.com/xcQ6uTmyAa

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It’s great to see @TeenVogue picking up this story. https://t.co/8haxqzX5uQ

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RT @Chalciporus: Out in the bush looking for mushrooms and stumbled upon this absolute cutey of a Spotted-tail #Quoll (Dasyurus maculatus)!…

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RT @Patrickavenell: At the Mortdale Hotel the minute’s silence was impeccably observed save for the whirr of the ATM dispensing twenties, t…

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@SnarkyPlatypus I mean, I could come past and throw stones, but can I be arsed?

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@BundyB @AbstractCode I can do two things at once. Possibly three.

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@BobGrrl “Massivest pork” is good.

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@SnarkyPlatypus I still am. Having one last* beer before my next step.

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RT @jamesmathison: TODAY SHOW: Anzac Day is sacred, how dare they release a blockbuster movie today!

ALSO TODAY SHOW: Win a block of cash…

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InsiderPenang Penang Street Art: 13 Furry Murals of Penang Cats is.gd/x6CHPZ pic.twitter.com/ZrpfUd10UQ

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ICYMI earlier, my Anzac Day thread. https://t.co/X72jeA3BRk

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Just to be clear, I haven’t been drinking continuously since 10am. I also had dumplings.

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RT @glengyron: Wait till he finds out Turks are mostly Muslim. https://t.co/el879neyAz

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@SnarkyPlatypus I will avoid having to come past that place then. I’ve just finished my “work meeting” in Burwood.

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@michaelneale They’re a great airline.

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OH: “But where are all the emus?”

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kcarruthers Let us not forget the survivors of the Great Emu War pic.twitter.com/a2QxnqNpXl

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RT @benvwilkie: Militarisms compared -

Australia: low energy wander down the main street with some rusty medals you found in a shoebox; ne…

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MintamenaPie Found in Philly pic.twitter.com/1hx2MBIYdW

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Interesting. In Adelaide, the defence industry adverts are all about becoming an apprentice or graduate employee. I… https://t.co/BCqTjMfxdn

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St Vincent and the Garden of Spikes. pic.twitter.com/q7SWpasaaN

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Wed plan, updated draft: Thoughtful start (done, with way too much whiskey); lunch and conversation re the SEKRIT p… https://t.co/sLHBrEzOY6

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Picketer To be clear, the Tech Bro who said this thinks this is good. pic.twitter.com/12BT1ga5EJ

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@LovelyCorrine It does, but I wasn’t going to mention that. ;)

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RT @tedlieu: Dear @realDonaldTrump: You can either use secure communications & Gen Kelly will know who you are talking to, or you can use y…

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@oberonsghost One which is conducive to electrical conduction?

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I’ll just retweet my thread from earlier every couple of hours. These are my Anzac Day thoughts. https://t.co/X72jeAlcIS

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Can I just say that “Submit to Electronic Theatre” does not* sound at all sinister.

* does https://t.co/wLv11AqQ27

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Well I’m convinced. Also, who’s Rapic.twitter.com/nnNdfvxaA3xaA3

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poop_weasel “Goddamnit! Someone is gonna hold my hand if Melania won’t!” pic.twitter.com/e0NiEzVnnG

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@NMessinia @joshgnosis @Savvastzionis “If you can’t be free, be cheap.”

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@mukimu Haha yeah don’t do that.

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@dobes @ashabeeeee @purserj @PeteLawler @rohan_p May I suggest that Third Hand Vegan would be even better?

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@PeteLawler @ashabeeeee @purserj @dobes @rohan_p Mate, she’s vegan. Where to begin?

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Well this is a radical approach. https://t.co/3x08CnqGHF

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joshgnosis All the scandal coming out of the banking royal commission? Devine still finds a way to blame the gays. pic.twitter.com/qZ6p0ytMjo

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RT @wellerstein: I will be giving a talk tonight on the technique, aesthetic allure, and moral peril of nuclear weapons photography, at a f…

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@RachaelHasIdeas @DDsD Ah yep yep. People generally don’t become generals if they’re idiots. (Career-seekers is a s… https://t.co/TgWEuWVMzx

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@RachaelHasIdeas @DDsD Oh Rachael you’re not going all tinfoil on me, are you? I can go a certain amount of oil-ind… https://t.co/sGBpOiJZ6p

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My God. I’m agreeing with @hornery. Probably coming at it from a different angle, but we’re at the same place in th… https://t.co/BqDOg0P9Rx

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@NehpetsSnikrep @tobiasziegler We will be paying. He can legitimately claim he’s representing his electorate at an… https://t.co/3nuivQevs4

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@annie_parker Thanks. Someone else is to blame, I think, but I’d need to search back.

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@NehpetsSnikrep And doesn’t that just hit you right in the guts. Thank you for sharing.

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With bonus Derryn Hinch. Man, what an awesome day out for Mr Trumble! https://t.co/62Ici1HECH

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SwiftOnSecurity UPDATE: pic.twitter.com/7aYnsWplR1

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SwiftOnSecurity I think my new hobby on eBay is offering to buy Itanium servers for twenty dollars pic.twitter.com/pN1MdDwFuX

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Thanks for this, @NickEvershed. Note, boys and girls, that’s a logarithmic scale. Also, the significant gap between… https://t.co/H9BkQP25wk

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Also keeping me company, Nat “King” Quopic.twitter.com/0IIxkScZ9TcZ9T

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For those of you just joining us on this Anzac Day, my thread from earlier. I am now quite a bit of whiskey down an… https://t.co/YdvklkJq1P

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@munin No, it’s worse than that, but it’s local cultural overtones that are impossible to convey succinctly.

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Oh God I’m reading David Marr. What have I become?

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RT @sirjohnmonash: The first newspaper mention of Anzac Biscuits was in June 1916 via The Sunday Times in Perth. Then, after requests from…

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RT @NarangVipin: Narrator: the meeting *is* the concession… https://t.co/hYzKmkTzEA

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@coldsnacks @DrRhysPockett Oh, it’s only $39 a bottle. I was worried there for a moment. https://t.co/7IWdLE0Pwb

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Wed plan, original draft: Thoughtful start; lunch and conversation re the SEKRIT project; remainder TBA. Wed plan,… https://t.co/3Eahr0xGuR

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RT @KeithConlon: Prominent war historian Peter Stanley slams the Monash piece on @ABCTV. Replies indicate he has strong backing from other…

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@coldsnacks @DrRhysPockett Shit I just poured way more than I intended.

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@coldsnacks @DrRhysPockett In answer to your previous question, this. And I promise to replace the bottle,… https://t.co/CNRmR0SyXu

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RT @Havenlust: My dad waits every year for the day the sun rises just right and reflects along the railroad tracks,Today! 💌 https://t.co/Ht…

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How about female sailors in full dress whites and medals drunkenly snogging on Enmore Road before the ranking NCO s… https://t.co/1aoMChchFH

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This email just arrived from @ThaiAirways is very tempting. pic.twitter.com/O6teP39E3V

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matthew_d_green Today marks the 17th consecutive year that the University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne has failed to build HAL.

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@DDsD In my case it was to reach tech-aware youths. A whole “You want to have the REALLY cool tech?” angle. We were… https://t.co/aWJiVLYlai

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Wow check this SMS spam just received. @Wikipedia presumably you know about this one? pic.twitter.com/dsZACShWjB

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@DDsD I had a couple of meetings with defence recruitment people for a dotcom boom project, which sadly collapsed.… https://t.co/5Tcvp8FxvP

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@ScottRhodie @guardianstyle No argument there. Now I’m wondering when the style “Anzac” became the thing. I am insu… https://t.co/gPFgvjxWsy

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@ScottRhodie The style has been for the latter as long as I remember, so I support it. And I say that as someone wh… https://t.co/twn56kmrxI

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@SnarkyPlatypus Here’s another thought. We have two days, Anzac Day and Remembrance Day. Maybe broaden one to comme… https://t.co/lXx3m25MdJ

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@_midofo_ @SnarkyPlatypus They just, surely? The states do have a separate constitutional link to the Crown. Federation n’all.

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@SnarkyPlatypus But the way to make these things happen is just to do it.

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@SnarkyPlatypus That’ll take time. And what it’ll take is some people forming a group and applying to march in the… https://t.co/BItzXUTbTl

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@_midofo_ @SnarkyPlatypus I can sort of see where they’re going with that, but yeah nah. It’s not about the broad c… https://t.co/was6GzJe7d

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@garthk You need evidence that I’m drinking neat spirits at 10am? You must be new here.

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@coldsnacks I’ll let you know when I go back to the other end of the apartment for a refill, and when… https://t.co/Z9tFlUtD8G

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@SnarkyPlatypus We WERE slowly getting better, slowly broadening the concept. It took a long time for Turks to be p… https://t.co/njkcmugTAd

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This is quite good whiskey.

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Well here we all are then.

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Excuse me now while I pour a whiskey, in remembrance of a friend.

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That’s enough from me on that today. Lest we forget.

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“We must never forget the 11,000 fallen Australians whose bodies were never recovered,” Turnbull said yesterday. Tr… https://t.co/BJuU6E3Uea

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I also note that, increasingly, writing about our veterans focuses more and more on the psychological effects of wa… https://t.co/KIEtHDddFV

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What I note about all the more powerful, more thoughtful, writing about Anzac Day is that it’s about people. Indivi… https://t.co/hm9O4vBsJo

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I can also recommend @JohnBirmingham’s column from yesterday, “Which Anzac Day tweet will set off a holy war this y… https://t.co/vCgVZdJWL5

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I re-read @GreenJ’s “Anzac Day is about their deaths, not our lives” (25 April 2012) just now.… https://t.co/ecDqvpw9zZ

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“Anzac Day 2009: Sacrifice” (25 April 2009) https://t.co/M7WIQoK6Wu 2/2

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“Anzac Day Rememberings” (25 April 2008) https://t.co/M7WIQoK6Wu 1/2

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The two blogs posts I’m about to tweet say “Rudd” instead of “Abbott” or “Turnbull”, and there’s some minor referen… https://t.co/W4J9RkikRk

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So yeah. Anzac Day. I toyed with the idea of writing something new this year, but once more it seems like what I wr… https://t.co/JCizw6hvpP

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Patrickavenell Lest we forget the journos on ‘trawl social media for mildly controversial Anzac Day disgrace’ beat.

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@CaseyBriggs By which I mean, “Thank you, @CaseyBriggs, for reminding us that so many don’t understand the slogan.”… https://t.co/g9wq1lMr1l

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Wednesday. Anzac Day. Wednesday.

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